This is K.M. Island and you are listening to the one hundred ninety first episode of the word play podcast.

One of the things I've been quietly trucking along with this winter

is my research for my historical fantasy Storming.

Aside from all the fun biplane info, I've also... for my historical fantasy storming.

Aside from all the fun biplane info,

I've also had the opportunity to study my hometown area

since I ended up setting a story here

for the first time ever.

I'm digging up all kinds of interesting history. I've lived

most of my life but there was so much I've taken for granted and never known about.

It's been fascinating. This is always the best kind of research stuff you love

learning about even if there wasn't a book in the mix.

Three ways to make all POBs equally interesting.

The latest post in the video series on my blog discusses the dangers of creating unequal

POVs and how to select only the most interesting and important narrators.

To watch it, visit my website at

W.W. dot helping writers become authors.

com. New videos are posted every Wednesday.

And now I hope you enjoy this week's podcast. Top 10 sentence slip-ups.

Good writing comes down to totally different factors, solid pros and it. The latter is that special

something that brings stories to life, infuses vibrancy into characters and themes and just basically makes stories work.

But an author who has been blessed with all the it in the world still won't make it if he isn't

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